Improvement in road-scrapers



L. RUGGLES. Road-Scrapers.

No. 200,151 Patented Feb.12,1878.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LORENZO RUGGLES, OF FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROAD-SCRAPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,151, dated February12, 1878; application filed July 21, 18.77. e

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZO RUGGLES, of Frankfort, in Will county andState of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Road- Scrapersand Levelers, the description and operation of which I will proceed toexplain, reference being had to the annexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, in;which Figure 1 is a plan view onthe top Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a side elevation of one ofthe traveling-wheels and its lever.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a device in apeculiar manner, so arranged as to be used for the [purpose of scrapingthe earth at the side of a road up into the center, to round it up, andalso to even the surface by filling up any ruts or holes.

In the drawings, A represents the main frame of the machine arranged ina triangular form, having at its front end a metal shear or point, K,which extends the whole length of the frame in front, to prevent itswearing and to out the earth.

The machine has a seat, H, for the driver, and is provided at the centerwith two traveling-wheels inclosed within the sides of the frame shownat B. These wheels turn independently of each other on the ends of theaxle L, and are attached to the frame by bolts on the elbow at the lowerend of the leversD, so that, as the levers arefmoved backward orforward, the machine is elevated or lowered, as shown in Fig. 2, and thefront end of the machine will pass over any obstruction.

As the wheels are independent of each other in their movement, thelevers D may be elevated or lowered simultaneously with each other, orotherwise, the result of which will be to raise the whole front end ofthe machine up at once, or only one side at a time, as may be desired,to meet any obstruction. This may all be done by the driver as he ridesin the seat H.

a is a cross-bar near the front end of the machine, provided with anumber of holes to adjust the clevis and chain 0 to any locality, so themachine will run sidewise either way, to run more or less abruptlyagainst the earth being carried up into the road.

In order to prevent the rear end of the frame A from swinging aroundsidewise when in operation, a spur-wheel, c, is used, the teeth of whichengage with the earth and cause it to run straight ahead.

The'whole device is intended to be drawn by horses, and will performmuch better work v than can be done by almost any other device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Leters Patent is as follows, to wit:

The triangular frame A, having the traveling-wheels B, axle L, levers D,spur-wheel e, shear K, seat H z, perforated cross-bar a, and clevis andchain 0, all constructed, arranged, and operating as and for thepurposes set forth.

LORENZO RUGGLES. Witnesses:

'lrios.- H. HUTcHrNs, WM. J. HUTCI-IINS.

